Caxton Associates LLP Sells 2,467 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Caxton Associates LLP lowered its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 21.4% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 9,082 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,467 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,941,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of MSI. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,907,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11.4% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 63,931 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,744,000 after buying an additional 6,564 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 12.9% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $226,642,000 after buying an additional 67,467 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 706,588 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $270,849,000 after buying an additional 96,751 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $943,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Zacks Research raised shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have issued a Buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

NYSE:MSI opened at $406.96 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $408.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $424.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.56 billion, a PE ratio of 32.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.18 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Motorola Solutions has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.870-16.990 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 39.00%.

Motorola Solutions Company Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc is a provider of mission-critical communications and analytics solutions for public safety and commercial customers. The company designs, manufactures and supports a range of communications equipment and software aimed at enabling first responders, government agencies and enterprises to coordinate and operate reliably in high-pressure environments. Its offerings emphasize secure, resilient connectivity and situational awareness for organizations that require dependable voice, data and video communications.

Product lines include land mobile radio (LMR) systems and handheld and vehicle-mounted radios used by police, fire and emergency medical services; broadband push-to-talk and LTE-based solutions; command-and-control center software for incident management and records; and video security and analytics systems.